Classic 80s games

And then, when it looked like my luck might run out, the weapons van would show up. I was a 9-year-old James Bond if only until my parents finished grocery shopping.

Sinistar Williams Electronics gave me anxiety like nothing else. Generally solid controls with the track ball although a bit of a learning curve if you weren't already initiated with arcade golf or something. Pretty chill I actually had to look this up to make sure I didn't make it up. I remember going to my local arcade down the street and gravitating to Star Trek Sega immediately.

It actually wasn't very popular so I could always play although I never felt like I got to play enough. You played as the captain of the Enterprise traveling from sector to sector dispatching Klingons at will, all the while managing the ship's power, weapons, and shields.

If you got in trouble you could warp out of it, but that would eat up your ship's power. To replenish, you would need to find the nearest Starbase and dock with it. It was all wireframe graphics but I liked how it used a variation of the Spock voice when it said "Welcome aboard Captain" every time the game started.

Obviously, looking back, it seems pretty archaic. But I would still play it now if it was in the arcade. If there are even still arcades out there and no Dave and Busters is not the same. I spent many hours peering through the periscope of a simulated tank, working the control levers and firing at enemies in Battlezone Atari, Inc. The arcade was on my way home from high school, so that meant a daily stopover, and I was entranced by the green vector graphics and the infinite world.

Amidst a flat landscape with mountains in the distance, all defined by electric green lines, enemy tanks appeared. I maneuvered so I could blast them out of the way in a battle that never relented. In the Journey Bally Midway arcade game, it's your mission to help band members Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Steve Smith, Jonathan Cain and Ross Valory in hilarious digitized versions of themselves find their missing musical instruments each on a different planet and then at the end play a rockin' concert for happy fans.

My favorite part of the game was during the concert you get to play Herbie the bouncer who has to prevent overly-enthusiastic audience members from rushing the stage. If fans do storm the stage, they steal the instruments and you have to go find them in even more difficult levels of the game. One of the highlights of playing the game is hearing an 8-bit musical version of Journey's hit song "Separate Ways Worlds Apart " -- which seems appropriate considering the game challenges.

Jason Parker July 1, a. Pac Man Editor's note: Every week we poll people around the office to see what makes them tick. Lori Grunin, senior editor. Robotron Robotron Williams Electronics had to be one of the dumbest and most injury inducing arcade games from the 80s. Chris Robertson, director of product management. Jason Parker, senior editor. Jeff Sparkman, senior copy editor.

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, contributing editor. Spy Hunter Most of my quarters in the 80s went into games developed or licensed by Midway Games. Josh Goldman, senior editor. Sinistar Sinistar Williams Electronics gave me anxiety like nothing else. Star Trek I actually had to look this up to make sure I didn't make it up. Mitchell Chang, senior video producer.

Battlezone I spent many hours peering through the periscope of a simulated tank, working the control levers and firing at enemies in Battlezone Atari, Inc. When it comes to the best and most popular arcade games of the '80s, we're talking the original Ms. Pac Man , Street Fighter , and Star Wars games here—all of which have been remade and reimagined for a range of proceeding game systems.

For many, the side-scrolling days of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were simply the greatest, and the same could be said for so many other awesome games from the '80s. In short, many of these classics hit during the golden age of arcade games though the timeline is often disputed and they've become mainstays in gaming history. But which single game should top the list? Check out the top '80s arcade games below and vote up the ones you think were the most fun to play.

You can also vote games down the list, and add any classics that are missing. Genres Video game : Maze. Genres Video game : Platform game. Genres Video game : Fixed shooter. Genres Video game : Action game, Maze. Genres Video game : Action game. Genres Video game : Shoot 'em up, Action game, Space combat. Genres Video game : Shoot 'em up, Action game, Scrolling shooter.

Genres Video game : Driving. Genres Video game : Puzzle game, Strategy video game. Genres Video game : Shoot 'em up. Genres Video game : Puzzle game, Interactive movie, Action game. Genres Video game : Simulation video game, Sports game, Racing video game. Genres Video game : Action game, Fighting game.

Genres Video game : Platform game, Action game, Adventure. Genres Video game : Simulation video game, Turn-based tactics, Vehicular combat game. Genres Video game : Platform game, Action game. Genres Video game : Racing video game, Vehicular combat game. Genres Video game : Beat 'em up, Side-scrolling. Genres Video game : Shooter game, Shoot 'em up, Action game. Genres Video game : Action game, Strategy video game. Genres Video game : Sports game. Genres Video game : Puzzle game, Platform game, Action game.

Genres Video game : Shoot 'em up, Action game. Genres Video game : Platform game, Action game, Racing video game. Genres Video game : Track and field athletics, Sports game. Genres Video game : Beat 'em up. Genres Video game : Action-adventure game, Platform game, Action role-playing game, Action game, Role-playing video game. Genres Video game : Breakout clone, Action game. Genres Video game : Racing video game.

Genres Video game : Skateboarding, Action game, Sports game. Genres Video game : Scrolling shooter.